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William Ono (wmono@home.com)
Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:46:29 -0700
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 01:03:06PM -0700, G.Z.C wrote:
> I've been told, there are basically two different CAT5 UTP standards
> the 568A and 568B.
I sadly don't have a reference to give you for this, but I recall
reading that the only difference between those two standards is what
colours to give what pins. So as long as both ends of a given cable are
done according to the same standard, you should have no problem at all.
I believe the standard I follow is 568B, using wires: White/Orange,
Orange, White/Green, Blue, White/Blue, Green, White/Brown, Brown. The
other one, 568A, just uses a different colour order, preserving the same
pairs. It might go something like: Green, White/Green, Brown,
White/Orange, Orange, White/Brown, Blue, White/Blue. (That order of
wires comes directly from my imagination, but it's illustrative of the
difference between the standards.)
I hope this helps.
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